Henrik Stenson faces MRI exam on rib after promotional stunt

Henrik Stenson faces MRI exam on rib after promotional stunt

Henrik Stenson is the ninth-ranked player in the world.

Henrik Stenson is not a superhero. He doesn't even play one on T.V.

But Stenson donned a cape and "flew" through the air (via cables) two weeks ago before the WGC-HSBC Champions during a promotional shoot, and he is now likely headed for an MRI exam on his injured rib, according to Golf Channel.

Stenson, ranked ninth in world, shook off the injury to finish T-2, two strokes behind winner Justin Rose at that event. He then finished T-35 last week at the European Tour's Turkish Airlines Open.

Now he says (per Golf Digest) that he's shutting down his year earlier than planned after suffering the rib injury.

“I was not 100 percent last week, but I guess the travel and the way things progressed it just got worse,” Stenson said, via golfchannel.com. “It’s not been good and obviously I haven’t been able to do myself justice in terms of the golf.